How To Add Legs To Furniture: Steps To Add Legs To IKEA Furniture & Box Spring



Brief Overview

If a person is looking to add legs to his furniture, he needs to follow these steps:
  • Before Adding legs to the furniture, a person requires a set of furniture legs first which he wants to add to his furniture because its screws will determine the size of Tee Nut & Drill Bit.
  • After having all the necessary things, put a mark on the positions where a person wants to put legs and pre-drill holes there and in case there is not enough space for the drilling, a person can add a small piece of wood underneath before adding legs to it.
  • Next a person needs to add Tee Nuts on the drilled holes.
  • Then screw the legs on to the furniture through Tee Nuts.
  • At last paint & match it with the rest of the furniture.

How To Add Legs To IKEA Furniture

There are a huge number of furniture products that come under the category of Ikea furniture, so it is not possible to mention the assembly of all the furniture products separately. Here we are taking an example of how to add legs to an IKEA KALLAX SHELF:
  • ASSEMBLE THE KALLAX UNIT: First of all the customer needs to assemble the Kallax unit as per assembly instructions.
  • MEASURE OUTPLACEMENT OF LEGS: After the assembly of shelf its time to add legs, place the legs at
    the four corners of the shelf by measuring equally.
  • DRILL PILOT HOLES: Then drill the the pilot holes with a small bit drill.
  • ATTACH LEG MOUNTING PLATES: Then attach the mounting plates to drilled holes with accompanying screws.
  • SCREW ON LEGS: At last add legs to the Kallax unit by screwing them on it.

How To Add Angled Legs To Furniture?

Here are the steps by which a person can Add Angled Legs to a Furniture:
  • Mark The Seat: First of all, a person needs to mark the sheet to make sure the legs are equally placed.
  • Make The Jig: The jig helps to reference surfaces for a wooden piece on the drill press, then Set Up the Drill Press.
  • Bore The Widest Hole First: Now drill the marked holes.
  • Fit The Legs: At last add legs to the marked holes but firstly check the holes by attaching legs if some drilling might be required.

How To Add Furniture Legs To Box Spring & Anything Else?

Box Spring Steps:
The steps of adding furniture legs to box spring are given below:
  • Paint the furniture legs same as the bed in order to make it look good and matching.
  • Now drill on holes by measuring the center points of the surface.
  • Attach the nuts in which the furiture legs will be screwed.

How To Add Furniture Legs To Anything Else?
The list of material which is required to add legs to the Furniture are T-Nuts, Hammer, Measuring Tape, Drill + Drill Bit. Here are the steps;
  • First of all the user needs to find the center points of where the legs need to be attached.
  • After marking the point then drill the marks to the surface of the same length as of screw.
  • Now its time to add the T-Nut until the teeth of the t-nut have gripped into the wooden surface and the nut is totally flush with the top of the surface.
  • Now the furniture legs can be easily screwed into the t-nuts.
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